“Egypt is Empty of Rulers”: The Development of Jamāʿat al-Muslimīn Theory Among Later Mālikīs

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By Muhammad al-Marakeby The literature on the history of Islamic political theory generally supports a narrative of submission and allegiance to rulers, even if they have seized power by force. … Continue reading “Egypt is Empty of Rulers”: The Development of Jamāʿat al-Muslimīn Theory Among Later Mālikīs

Islamic Law in the News Roundup

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ISLAMIC LAW IN THE NEWS “Islamic financial services provider Hejaz has launched Australia’s first halal financial app to offer Australia’s growing Muslim community convenient and straightforward access to a broad range of Shariah-compliant financial products and services.” “A 42-year-old father of five faces a public caning at a mosque in Malaysia after being convicted of the Islamic crime of ‘khalwat’, or… CONTINUE READING

Weekend Scholarship Roundup

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SCHOLARSHIP ROUNDUP On Islamic Law: In “The Constitutional Court’s Protection and Fulfilment of the Citizens’ Rights: Constitutional and Islamic Law Perspectives” (Samarah: Jurnal Hukum Keluarga dan Hukum Islam 8, no. 1 (2024)), Iskandar A. Gani (Faculty of Law, Universitas Syiah Kuala) and others “examine the degree to which the Constitutional Rights of Indonesian Citizens are maintained by the state, specifically… CONTINUE READING

Law and Literature and the Novel

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By Camilo Gómez-Rivas This is the second in a two-part series on teaching law and literature. The first focused on the classical traditions of law and literature. The relationship between … Continue reading Law and Literature and the Novel

Why I Love Teaching Islamic Law and Literature

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By Camilo Gómez-Rivas This is the first of a two-part series on teaching Islamic law and literature. The second part discusses the modern period through a discussion of the novel. … Continue reading Why I Love Teaching Islamic Law and Literature

Islamic Law in the News Roundup

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ISLAMIC LAW IN THE NEWS The Taliban, under a commission from the Ministry of Information and Culture, have removed “un-Islamic'”and anti-government literature from circulation to enforce their strict interpretation of Islamic law. The United Nations called for an end to capital punishment in Afghanistan after a public execution, questioning the compatibility of such practices with broader Islamic jurisprudential standards.” For… CONTINUE READING

Weekend Scholarship Roundup

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SCHOLARSHIP ROUNDUP On Islamic Law: Reviewing Sherman Jackson‘s (USC) The Islamic Secular (Oxford University Press, 2023), Mustafa Akyol argues that the book’s main thesis is “that Islamic law, namely the Shari’ah, does not cover all the vast areas of human experience and knowledge, leaving many spaces that are ‘secular,’ where Muslims can still act and think with a religious ethos.”… CONTINUE READING

International Law under the Almoravids

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By Camilo Gómez-Rivas This is the second in a two-part series on Law under the Almoravids. The first was a reflection on legal texts as sources for writing social and … Continue reading International Law under the Almoravids